Broadside for a James Brown concert in Cologne at the Blue Moon Jazz Festival: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A large broadside advertising a James Brown concert at the Blue moon Jazz festival in Cologne, Germany. The broadside features a color image of James Brown wearing a purple jacket and pants leaning against a concrete block in front of a building. “JAMES BROWN / The Godfather of Soul” is printed in purple text across the top. Below this is the name of the jazz festival and the date the festival occurred written in German. The left side of the broadside has several logos for ticket vendors and event coordinators. Printed in yellow text at the bottom of the broadside is a list of additional acts performing at the festival as well as contact information for the festival organizers.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2001
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Owned by: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
• Subject of: Tanzbrunnen, German, founded 1929
• Type: portraits
• Type: broadsides
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 46 7/8 x 33 3/16 in. (119.1 x 84.3 cm)
• Place used: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Funk (Music)
• Topic: Soul (Music)
• Object number: 2008.7.12
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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